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Colorado Wildlife Officials Kill Wolf Linked to Multiple Ranch Attacks

The agency plans to track the Copper Creek pack’s behavior after linking it to four depredations that killed two calves injuring other livestock

Colorado Parks and Wildlife release wolf 2302-OR, one of five gray wolves captured in Oregon in an initial batch in late December, onto public land in Grand County, Colorado, on Monday, Dec. 18, 2023. (Photo provided by Colorado Parks and Wildlife)
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Overview

  • CPW staff shot and killed wolf #2405 of the Copper Creek pack on Thursday after associating it with four depredation events from May 17 to 25
  • The Copper Creek pack was one of five surviving wolves relocated to Pitkin County in January under Colorado’s voter-approved reintroduction effort
  • Confirmed attacks at Lost Marbles, Crystal River and McCabe ranches in Pitkin and Garfield counties resulted in two calf deaths and injuries to three calves plus one cow
  • CPW Director Jeff Davis said the decision was difficult but necessary to uphold the state’s gray wolf restoration plan
  • Commissioner Murphy Robinson stated that every nonlethal tool was exhausted before lethal removal and that officials will now monitor the pack’s future behavior